Abstract: With the rapid economic development, the soil pollution caused by mining development and utilization destroys the balance of the ecosystem, so its reclamation becomes the first priority. The paper briefly introduces the characteristics and remedy methods of mining wasteland, highlighting the improvement of plants, that is phytoremediation, which is environmentally friendly with little chance of secondary pollution and is gaining more and more concern. It is used as a soil conditioner and is a kind of promising soil remediation technology. The types of phytoremediation and their effects are briefly reviewed at home and abroad. Measures on how to improve the efficiency of repairmen and their advantages and disadvantages are put forward, as well as the development prospect.